Even at the age of twentyseven Austin Sloper had made his mark sufficiently to mitigate the anomaly of his having been chosen among a dozen suitors by a young woman of high fashion, who had ten thousand dollars of income and the most charming eyes in the island of Manhattan.

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We consider the accident an anomaly — not a reason to change standard procedures.

They rate a nuclear event from 1 (an anomaly) to 7 (a major accident).